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Ralph Müller-Eiselt is an expert in education policy and governance and
heads the Bertelsmann Foundation’s task force on policy challenges and
opportunities in a digitalized world.
Ralph Müller-Eiselt Algorithms are as biased as the humans who designed or commissioned them
with a certain intention. We should therefore spark an open debate
about the goals of software systems with social impact. It is up to us
as a society to decide where such systems should be used and to make
sure that they are designed with the right purposes in mind. Secondly,
we must remember that even algorithms designed with good intentions can
produce bad results. The larger their potential effects on individual
participation in society are, the more important is a preventive risk
assessment and – once automated decision making is in use – a
comprehensive evaluation to verify the intended results. Involving
neutral third parties in this process can significantly help to build up
trust in software-based decision making.
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